Ramiro Ramírez Estenor (January 27, 1896 – death unknown) was a Cuban

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

and

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in the

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

and

Cuban League The Cuban League was one of the earliest and longest lasting professional baseball leagues outside the United States, operating in Cuba from 1878 to 1961. The schedule usually operated during the winter months, so the league was sometimes known a ...

. A native of

Guanabacoa, Cuba Guanabacoa is a colonial township in eastern Havana, Cuba, and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) of the city. It is famous for its historical Santería and is home to the first African Cabildo in Havana. Guanabacoa was briefly the capita ...

, Ramírez made his Negro leagues debut in 1916 for the

Cuban Stars (East) The Cuban Stars (East) were a team of professional baseball players from Cuba and other Latin American countries who competed in the Negro leagues in the eastern United States from 1916 to 1933. They generally were a traveling team that played onl ...

. He went on to play into the 1930s, including stints in the

with Almendares and

Marianao Marianao is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''municipio ' (, ) and ' () are country subdivisions in Italy and several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. They are often translated as "municipality". In the English languag ...

. He served as player/manager of the Cuban House of David/Pollock's Cuban Stars from 1931 to 1933. In 1948, he managed the

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1896 births Year of death missing Place of death missing All Cubans players Almendares (baseball) players Bacharach Giants players Baltimore Black Sox players Cuban House of David players Cuban Stars (East) players Cuban Stars (West) players Marianao players San Francisco Park players Pollock's Cuban Stars players Negro league baseball managers Baseball outfielders Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States {{Negro-league-baseball-outfielder-stub